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The Urban
Contribution to
Knowledge
Economy
Christopher Hire
Executive Director
2thinknow
About Christopher Hire
Executive Director
Prepared by Christopher Hire
Executive Director, 2thinknow
Is now Executive Director of 2thinknow since launch in 2006 as the world’s
first innovation agency. He created the City Benchmarking Data and
Innovation Cities Index and Program used by major corporations such as
Samsung, PWC, BCG, NESTA/Accenture, IESE as featured in over 7,000 media
articles on innovation in over 50 languages. He identified and created
2thinknow’s seminal innovation process across cities and industries to
replicate innovation.
He has trained many of Asia’s and Mid-East banking innovators including
Maybank, JP Morgan, QDB, Reserve Bank India and consulted to Comm Bank,
ANZ and NAB
on financial data, and also UAE government.
Several of his 2thinknow clients have then won innovation awards, including
the government of Abu Dhabi.
He wants our clients to get a promotion from innovation!
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2thinknow® in brief:
First Global Innovation Agency.
Data tracking on 450+
cities
Up to 25
Analysts trained by 2thinknow.
Over 7000 media articles globally
Established. Group 1999. Research 2005, launch 2006
Innovation Cities™ Program
and the Innovation Cities™ Index followed
Creator of the
by 63% of cities over 1M population.
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What 2thinknow have done
We have:
 PROCESS: Created a innovation process that is
historically sound for all past innovations. i.e. is
analysis tool that is backward compatible.
 DATA: Gathered data on each cities innovation
economy by industry and community activity using
very detailed data points
 MODEL: Created a number of innovation models
that explain the innovation process for business,
cities and government. Can be Culturally Aligned.
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How 2thinknow works…
We have 3 main services:
 City Benchmarking
Data which is all the
cities of the world data
points collected,
analysed and
benchmarked as
indicators.
And also,
 Group Training on the
innovation process.
 Consulting or analysis.
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Global.
KL.
UAE.
Moscow.
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2 Key Points for Urban
Innovation Economies
1. Create Urban PreConditions for
Innovation (as measure
by our Indicators).
2. Be Unique, Create
with Culture.
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Urban Pre-Conditions For
Innovation
162 Indicators with over 1200 data points that
measure urban pre-conditions for innovation.
www.citybenchmarkingdata.com
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Culture: Way We Do Things
Here
Knowledge Notes
 Culture-Neutral
 Better: Culture Alignment
 Build On Strengths of Culture
 Create a Culture of Innovation
-- Tech and Non-Tech
 Many types of Innovaiton
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2thinknow’s 7
Types of Innovation
These are 7 types of innovation possible to
choose from:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Structural
Product
Service
Process
Cost
Network
Communication
Source:
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:
Small, Specialised, Perfect.
Insight: Small Can Grow,
(Big Can Shrink)
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InSight
Cities Specialising in Unique Globally Available
Products or Services Grow GDP Faster
(2thinknow Provisional Correlation)
We Don’t Know
What We Don’t Know
Need Data to See Opportunities Amidst ‘What
Is’.
Every City has Unique Opportunities that Provide
Greater Profit Potential than Competing Cities
Do Not Envy & Copy – Do Un-Cover
Cycle Theories and City Data
A city can be ain a different stage of
development (or decay) than a country.
Also such variations can be modelled.
http://www.e3network.org/papers/The_Resilience_of_Detroit_Aug_2013.pdf
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Fruit Ninja Kinect,
Neuroscience Research
Australia
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Action
Cities Need City Data to Identify Unseen
Opportunities and Think Outside their Box.
Stage 0
FOR THIS METRIC
CITY 2
CITY 1
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Otherwise You Too
May Get Another
Ferris Wheel
“Do not hide your
light behind a
bushel.”
 Jesus, About
2000 Years Ago:
 Matthew 5:15
Not New…
Last 12 or So Months (since
June 2013)
We collected 1600 variables
For Between 24 and 589 cities
For Mix of Clients
 IESE
 Accenture
 Samsung
 E&Y
 Emirates
450 Cities Data
Only 2thinknow offers
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Standardised data at city level for 450 cities
Cross-cultural comparison
City Data that covers every major industry
Modular data
Expertise in understanding data
Over 2000 data points to choose
Interpretation of complex concepts in simple means.
Covering many market segments.
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What We Are Working on
In 2015 we are building
Time Series Data for All World Cities on Key
Macro and Micro Indicators
 GDP
 Employment
 Startups
 Social Conditions
 Work force
 Firm (Business Activity)
 Students and Universities
Contact
Christopher Hire
+61 409 787 960
[email protected]
www.2thinknow.com
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